Duwayo Surname

4,532,898th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 19 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Duwayo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Duwayo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa161:3,386,106119,139
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Rwanda11:11,364,9785,947
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Duwayo Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Duwayo Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Duwayo is carried by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Duwayo? popularity and diffusion

The surname Duwayo is the 4,532,898th most frequently held surname throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 383,555,048 people. Duwayo is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Duwayo are found; 89 percent are found in Southern Africa and 89 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

The last name Duwayo is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is carried by 16 people, or 1 in 3,386,106. In South Africa it is most common in: Mpumalanga, where 56 percent live, Gauteng, where 38 percent live and KwaZulu-Natal, where 6 percent live. Apart from South Africa this surname occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 5 percent live and Rwanda, where 5 percent live.

Duwayo Last Name Statistics demography

Duwayo earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 75.59% less than the national average, earning R 57,996 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dhuwayo9224/
Duwayou922/
Duway91517/
Diwayo83363/
Dubayo8388/
Dauway8314/
Duwaya8310/
Douway832/
Duuway831/
Duwayi831/
Duwaiy831/
Douwaye7789/
Dhiwayo7751/
Duhwayi7725/
Doubayo7719/
Douwaya7719/
Duwayee777/
Daubayo771/
Dubay736,321/
Duwai73492/
Doway73109/
Diway7372/
Duwau7325/
Duwey7314/
Duvay7311/
Duwoi732/
Duwaj732/
Duwaa731/
Duwoy731/
Duwye731/
Duwou731/
Diwaya671,682/
Duvayi6799/
Dowaye6762/
Doeway6761/
Duwaji6759/
Duwoye6737/
Duwaja6715/
Dowaya6713/
Douwai6713/
Douwou6710/
Doubay6710/
Duwoyi679/
Diwoyo679/
Dubhay679/
Duhwai679/
Daubay678/
Divayo678/
Dubaya677/
Dowayi677/
Doğuay676/
Dauvay676/
Diwayi675/
Dowhay675/
Dhuwae674/
Duwijo674/
Duwais674/
Duwija674/
Dubaay672/
Dubiyo672/
Dhubay672/
Dubajo672/
Duwiya672/
Duewey672/
Dowahy671/
Dauwoi671/
Duweya671/
Diwayh671/
Duubay671/
Duwawe671/
Duwuya671/
Dubeyo671/
Dowajy671/
Diwaio671/
Douwayhed671/
Diwaye671/
Dubayy671/
Dhuwaj671/
Duvaiy671/
Duvaya671/
Duwaii671/
Duboyo670/
Deuwey670/
Deubay670/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Duwayo
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